Box-hinging machine.



s SHEETS-SHEET 14 9 l 1 al 0l l n ./n 2

PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.l

W. MGMURRAY.

BOX HINGING MACHINE.

' APPLIGATION FILED AUG. zo, 190s.

PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

W. MGMURRAY. BOX HINGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. Z0, 1903.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

li L 1.a was ff/f, ma. /W z..

774/. 33nd, '51,525 anoznm PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

l W. lvlon/Ltmfm. B0X HINGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

54 vom/1702 ltr/f@ m. l l? .//18 M PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

W. MOMURRAY. BOX HINGING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 4,

MV/4%] NEM,...

No. 820,244. PATENTBD MAY 8, 1906.

W. MOMURRAY.

BOX HINGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5 /d/ urs-1 47?/ '|43 N nml/ PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

W. MOMURRAY.

BOX HINGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

6 SHEETS-SHBET 6A 55H1 brozmm UNITED simas PATENT OFFICE.

McMUlth/XY, ()F NFV YORK, N. Y.,

\VILLIAM ASSIGNOR rl() lVlLLlMS "IRE llINGlNG MACHINE (l()i\"ll1\N,Y, A C( )hlORA'llON UF NEW YORK.

BOX-HINGING MACHINE.

No. 820,244. g Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 8, 1906.`

applicati@ and August zo. 190s. serial No. 170,175.

To (di. 'wh/nm, if 'nm/ l/ von/ecrit:

1 Be it known that 1, WILLIAM,McMUnnAY, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, borough of Manhattan, State. ol New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements` in Box-llinging Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means for driving staples at an angle to each other to cause them to be interlocked to form a hinge, and particularly for hingi'ng covers upon boxes, or hinging boards, box parts, or the like together generally, and the invention has special reference to means for presenting staples in proper position in line with drivers that operate to drive the staples into boards and the like.

The invention comprises the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 1'L is a detail section of a clutch. Fig. 2 is a front elevation enlarged. Figs. 2a and 2b are detail views showing lthe manner of driving staples. Fig. 3 is a detail view, enlarged, showing the driving devices in the normal position of rest. Fig. 4 is a detail View, partly broken, illustrating the devices for placing the horizontally-driven staples in Fig. 5 is a section on position to be driven.

Flg. 6 1s a detail secthc line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

tion substantially` on the line 6 6 in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a detail section, enlarged, on the line 7 7 in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a similar view on the line 8 8 in Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of parts shown in Figs. 4 to 9 for picking staples from a track. Fig. 1() is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the parts in'a different position. Fig. 11 is a view of parts shown in Fig. 10, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 12 is a horizontal section, enlarged, substantially on the line 12 12 in Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a detail view substantially similar to Fig. 11, parts being removed. lFig. 14 is an edge view of the devices for picking staples from a track. Fig. 15 is a detail rear view thereof. Fig. 16 is a detail view from the opposite side of Fig. 15, showing parts moved from their vadjustable guides 3 4,

n ormal position for the .purpose of illustration. Fig. 17 is a rear view of the oscillatory plate carrying said staple-pickers. Fig. 18 is a detail face and edge view of part of said staple-picking devices. Fig. 19 is a section on the line 19 19 in Fig. 10, vshowing an impresser or staple-carrier for pressing against a board while a staple is driven. Fig. 20 is a perspective view of said impresser or carrier. Fig. 21 is a perspective view illustrating the horizontally-dis osed staple-driver; Fig. 22 is a rear view il ustrating 4the devices for operating the picker for the horizontally-driven staples. Fig. looking from the left in Fig. 22. Fig. 24 is a detail view of a slide shown in Fig. 22. Fig. 25 is a section, enlarged, on the line 25 25 in Fig. 3. Fig. 26 is a detail rear view, partly broken, of the devices for operating the impressers or staple-carriers. Fig. 27 is a detail section through the wheel 63. Fig. 28 is a detail perspective view of a follower operating with the vertically-disposed staple-driver. Fig. 29 is a perspective view of a staplefeeder. Fig. 30 is a perspectiveview of a track end or extension for horizontally-driven staples, and Fig. 31 is a detail view of a guide located above said track end.

Similar numerals and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates generally a suitableframe, shown provided with an ar-m 1a, having bearings or brackets 23 is an edge view thereof 1b 1c and having a head shown comprising members 1d 1e, which head carries the main staple setting and driving devices. Beneath said driving devices is located a table or support upon which boards or box parts are to be placed to receive the staple-hinges. For

'this purpose at 2 is indicated a table, shown of right-angle form, having its apex pointed upwardly, upon which the boards or box parts to be hinged are to be placed edge to edge, and upon the parts 2a of said table are against which the box parts are placed. The guides 3 4 are movably held on the parts 2aL and are adjusted to position and retained by blocks 5 6, guided by the parts 2a and provided with handwheels 8, having pinions to engage teeth 9 for adjusting the guides along parts 2, clampscrews 10 holdin the guides in adjusted positions. Such a justment of the guides 3 4' IOO provides for box parts and boards of different dimensions. The guides 3 4 Inay be loosely supported on their block and bear against a spring-pressed post 6, whereby the guldes will adjustthemselves to accommodate uneven widths and edges of boards, &c. The' table 2 is adapted to be adjusted and operated in a vertlcal direction and to be adjusted laterally. For these pur oses the llower art 2c of the table is guided) vertically in a lock 11, that is guided transversely in a block 12, which is guided to rise and fall on frame 1, an adjustin -screw 13 connecting the table part 2c wit block 11 through a lug 11a, projecting from block 11 a lockingscrew and handle 13b holding 2c and 11 rigidly together when the table 1s adjusted ver- ,f tically, an adjusting-screw 13a holding block 11 in transverse adjustment on block 12. During operation the table 2 withblocks 11 and 12 are to be raised and lowered, and for this purpose block 12 has a projection or roller 14 operating with a cam 15 on shaft 16, journaled in frame 1. A dash-pot or cyllnder 17, carried by frame 1 and containing a piston that is connected with the block 12, controls or cushions the descent of table 2 when released by cam 15 by means of oil or air within the cylinder beneath the piston.

` abutment A, located at Above table 2 1s an the lower end of head 1d, between which abutthe box parts are to be ment and the table clamped. The abutment A, (see Fig. 2,) as shown, comprises a bar or slide guided along the ed e B of head 11 (as in a dovetail groove) and a apted to be ladfusted at an angle to the vertical along said ed e by means of. a screw C, carried by a suitable part D of said head, and said abutment has an extension or wing A2, shown at right angles to the main part A, forming an angular recess E, adapted to receive the corresponding angular portion of table 2, whereby boards placed upon said tables may be firmly clamped against said abutment. The extension A2 serves as an anvil or clench-block, against which horizontallydriven staples are pushed after passing through a board to turn them back or clench them. By means of the angular movement 5o permitted the abutment A the angle or apex of recess E can be adjusted to receive the angle of boards lupon table 2, according as said boards dier in thickness and also according to the lateral adjustment of table 2 with respect to the varying thicknesses of boards.

In the example i lustrated the table 2 is designed to be raised and lowered each time two staples are interlocked to forma hinge, and this is accomplished by permitting shaft 16 to have an intermittent rotation. For this ur ose a clutch is provided between said hat? and a drivingear 18, loose on said shaft, as follows: A peri erally-grooved disk 19 is secured on said shaft and carries a 65 spring-pressed bolt 20, having a beveled eX- the staples,

tension 21 entering said groove of said disk. (See Fig. 11.) The bolt when pressed by sprin 22 is arranged tov engage a toothed whee 23, secured to gear 18, whereby in the position shown in Fig. l gear 18 will be clutched by the bolt and disk to shaft 16. To release the clutch, a shifter 24, entering the groove ofv disk 19, engages extension 21 of bolt 20 to push back the bolt as disk 19 rotates. Shifter 24 is carried by a lever 25, pivoted on frame 1, ada ted to be drawn down by a treadle 26 and) raised by spring 27, the shifter 24 being normally in the groove of disk 19. Gear 18 is operated by a gear 28, secured to a shaft 29, suitabl Y supported by frame 1 and shown provide with fast and loose pulleys 30 31 to receive a driving-belt controlled by a belt-shipper 32. When the machine is to`operate, the belt is shifted to the fast pulley, and by depressing the treadle 26 the shifter 24 will descend out of the path of bolt 20 to permit said bolt to engage wheel 23 to set the clutch, and gear 18 will then rotate shaft 16 to operate table 2 through cam 15. By releasing the treadle the clutch will be uncoupled by shifter 24 rising into the groove of disk 19, drawing back bolt 20, when said bolt next engages said cam, and the table will not rise.

The table and its operating parts above set forth are shown for the purpose of illustrating means for holding boards in proper angular positions to receive the staple-hinges when driven by the devices above the table, as follows: At 35 is indicated a rock-shaft shown journaled in the bearing 1b 1, said shaft having a crank 36, connected to crank 38, secured on shaft 16 by a link 37, which is preferably made adjustable by a turnbuckle 37a. Shaft 35 also carries a lever 40, shown in the form of a bell-crank, for actuating the staple driving and setting devices.y Vertical an horizontal guideways are provided for so that the latter may be guided to the oint of intersection or meeting edges of, the cards y on table 2. (See Fi s. 2, 2b.) A track 41 leads to the vertica stapleuide, and a track 42 supplies staples for the orizontal staple-guide, and these tracks are shown as leading from acasing or hopper 43, containing staples 44 and provided with any suitable means for picking up the staples and transferring them to the tracks; but the staples could be laced upon said tracks by hand, if\preferre. Said tracks, as shown, comprise vertically-disposed strips 41el 42a, narrower than the spaces betweenlthe legs of the sta les to ermit the' latter to slide freely along t e tracks, and at a distance below the upper edge of the tracks are ribs (indicated at 41") sli htly wider than the stri 41a, along ywhich t e legs of the staples sli e, 42c being strengthening-strips at the lower edge of the track, all whereby the loop ends of the sta les may slide on the strip 41a and be guide by IOO I'IO

ISO

tracks.

lscrew 52 connectin the ribs 41h, whereby friction on the staples is reduced to ermit them to freely slide along the Tlfie track 42 is similarly arranged. The track 41'leads to a vertical groove or guideway above table 2, (indicated at 45, see ig. 25,) shown formed between or cut in two bars 46 46", secured to the head 1d, the end of track 41 terminating about in line with said guideway or groove, (see Fig. 25,) Whereb; the sta es may pass off the end` of said trac and sli e into said guideway. The parts 46 and 46a are shown screwed together, and two arts are thus provided for convenience in orming the guideway or Groove 45. Beneath said uideway 45, and as a continuation thereo ,is a guideway or groove 45a, formed in a staple-carrier or presser, shown consisting of two blocks 47 47 a, held together by screws, that is guided upon head ld'to press upon a board or box part, the part 47 eing s own provided with a roove receiving a tongue or guide 47h. See Fig. 12.)

The lower end of said carrier is shown beveled to bear upon the box part upon table 2. At 48 is indicated a staple-driver adapted to travel in the guideways 45 and 45a and attached to or formed on a bar 48a, carried by a vertically-movable block 49, guided in bearin -guide 50 in head l?, which block is pivota ly connected with the upper arm 40aL of a lever 40 by a link 51, whereby as shaft 35 rocks the driver 48 will be reci rocated to drive staples. The driver 48 an its bar 48EL are adjustable on block 49 to accommodate staples of different lengths by means of a the bar 48a with said block, a screw or bo t 35, passing through a slot in bar 48 and enterin block 49, serving to secure the bar to said b ock. Driver 48 is lifted above the end of track 41, as' in Fig. 3, and descends to push a staple from said track through guideways 45.45EL out from carrier 47 into a board, as indicated in Fig. 10. The block 49 carries a follower 54, 'adapted to travel in guideways 45 45EL and to ass across the end of track 41 to prevent the eed of staples therefrom when the driver descends.

The above-described parts are set forth in detail to explain staple-driving devices with' which any improvements are operative.

One feature of my invention resides in means to control stapling at the end of track 41, and to this end at a is indicated an arm or lever pivoted at b to head 1l and normally held by a spring c and stop d with its end a adjacent to or in contact with the staple-delivery end of track 41 (see Fig. 3) and 1n alinement with its up er edge to keep the endmost staple from slippin off the track and to sustain such staple in ine with guideway 45, the arm a being moved away by driver 48 as the latter descends, which driver thereby pushes the endmost staple from track 41. At 55 is indicated an arm shown pivoted to head 1d, as at 55a, and provided with a spring 56 to bear on the staples near the end of track 41. (See Figs. 3 and 25.) The arm 55 has a s ring 57 bearing against head 1l to push t e arm to the left, as in Fig. 10, and -a pin 61 stopping the outward movement of said arm, an extension 58 to be engaged by a part or edge 60 of bar 48, whereby arm 55 is rocked as bar 48a reciprocates. As the arm 55 rocks across the staples it feeds them along track 41 to its end over guideway 45.

The staple-guiding block or presser 47 is reciprocated by a star-wheel 63, pivoted to head le, being shown in Fig. 27 as provided with a hub 63f, journaled in a bearing in arm le, a screw 63g passingthrough said hub and by means of a nut 63h and washer 63i holding said vwheel in position; but other means may be provided for pivotally supporting wheels 63. The arm 63a of wheel 63 engages a recess 47b in bar 47a. (See Fig. 26.) Wheel 63 is rocked to depress block 47 by block 49, which, as shown in Fig. 26, has a groove 49a, provided with a beveled edge or corner 49'D to engage the arm 63b of wheel `63, said arm entering groove 49al after being rocked by beveled edge 49b to depress carrier or presser 47 upon a board. The means for turning back wheel 63 will'be described later. The abovedescribed devices push staples 44 in a vertical direction into the wood held on table 2.

The horizontally-driven staples 44, which interlock with the vertically-driven staples, are fed and operated as follows: In a horizontally-disposed guideway in arm 1e is a reciprocative slide or block 64, that is pivotally connected, as by a link 65, with the lower arm 401 of lever 40. To slide y64 is secured a staple-driver block 66, preferably adj ustably secured by a screw 67 and a lockingscrew 68. The block 66 has a driver 66, that works in a staple guideway or groove 71, shown formed in a block or presser 7 2, movably carried by arm 1e,which staple-guideway is adapted to receive staples from track 42. Said guideway 71 is adapted to receive driving member 66a, and presser or block 72 is adapted to be moved toward and from the board o'n table 2, where the staple is to be driven, said presser being suitably guided on arm 1e, as by a tongue or guideway 73, secured on arm 1e. (See Fig. 19.) The said staple-carrier or presser is alined with the anvil or clench-block A2, against which horizontally-driven staples are pressed. The presser 72 is arranged to be moved toward and from said anvil or a board on table 2 by wheel 63, for which purpose the arm 63I of said wheel engages in a slot 7 2a in the back of presser 72, (see Fig. 26,) and when said presser is moved back and forth its front beveled end is pressed against a board on table 2. Wheel 63 is rocked to move presser 72 toward a board (and in the direction reverse to its movement by block 49) by the forward IOO movement of slide or block 64, which may be accomplished by causing said blockto act upon arm 63? of said wheel. To thisend I have shown a rocker 74, pivotally supported upon arm 1, as at 74", and adapted to bear upon arm 63,the rocker 74 being shown pro-V` vlded with amember or lug 74b to be engaged by a beveled edge 69 on the slide 64. (See Fig. 4.) Thus whenv block 49 descends and its bevel yedge 49b rocks wheel 63 it causes carrier 47 to be depressed and presser 72 to be moved to the right, as in Fig. 10, and arm 63c will then be raised, and on the-next stroke as block 49 rises and slide 64 advances its bevel edge 69 will cause rocker74 to depress arm 63, and thereby reverse the motion of wheel 63, whereby block 72 is pushed into contact with a board on table 2 when the latter is raised. The alternate rocking of wheel 63 by blocks 49 and 64 causes the alternatemovement of blocks47 and 72 toward the boards on the table.

Staples to be driven through guideway 71 are delivered by track 42 at a oint'in the drawings to the right of said b ook, and as staplesfeed most successull by gravit when hanging on a vertically-disposed trac I provide means for `transferring the staplesV from the end of such track where they hang in 'a vertical position to a horizontal osition in line with guideway 71 as indicate by dotted lines in Fig. 11'. To such end I have provided devices arranged as follows: At 42a I have shown an extension of track 42, which is secured in line with an opening 1 in arm 1e which extension is shown more fully in Fi 30 and is shown somewhat in the form of a b ade having a foot 42b to be secured to arm 1e, the end of track 42 being brought against the extension 42a. This is for convenience in adjusting and removing track 42, although it will be understood that track 42 could extend directly into opening 1f. Above extension 42a I have located a guard 42C, providing a space therebetween to prevent staples from rlsingffrom said extension. (See Fig. 5.) In line with the opening 1f and against the front face of arm le, within guideway 70, is located a plate 75, shown provided with a curved rib or track 76, partially surrounding the opening 1f, that leads through plate 75. (See Fig. 13.) The rocker 74 is shown ivoted between parts 1e and 75. In front o plate 75 is pivotally supported an oscillatory or rocking member or plate 7 7 which is secured to a shaft 78, (by screws or the like,) that is journaled in arm 1e for rockin member 77, the means for which purpose wi l be hereinafter described. (See Fig. 12.) The member 77 carries means forfpicking staples one by one from the end o the extension 42a of track 42 and transferring the staples in line with the guideway 71. To this end member 77 is provided with a groove orl guide at 7 7a (see Fig. 7,) in which is located a slide or late 80, that carries. a -spring 81, having a ger or projection 81, extending transversely of slide 80 and toward late 75, and thereby toward the delivery en of extension 42a, said finger or projection being shown entering a slot 80, whereby when the oscillatory member 77 is in the staple-receiving position shown in Figs. 10 and 12 the finger or projection 81 will aline with the extension 42, and thereby can enter the endmost staple on extension 42a. (See Fig. 12.) The plate 77 at other times covers the end of said extension 421L to keep other staples from sliding .therefrom. The tendency of slide 80 when member 77'is rocked is to move outwardly in its bearings, so that when member 77 is swung from its staple-receiving position in Fig'. 10 in the direction of the arrow a in said ligure to the staple-deliver position shown in Fig. 11 the staple 44 will e carried down in line with guideway 71, as in dotted lines in Figll 1, and thereby m line with the driver 66a. During such rotation the sta le rides against the rib or track 76 and is t ereby kept from slipping oi the finger 81a by centrifugal action. Furthermore, to assure that finger 81a will aline with track or extension 42*L in the staple-receiving osition the slide 80 at the end opposite said' ger engages a stop or pin 80a on plate 75, whereby as member 77 rocks back to the position shown in Fig. 10 the slide 80 by encountering said stop w1ll be pushed forwardlyto bring finger 81a in line with extension 42a. To withdraw the inger 81a from staple 44'as driver 66a advances, said driver encounters the lower Aedge of slide 80, and thereby ushes the same upwardly, (see Fig.v 4,) and thereupon the extended portion 81b of spiring 81 rides against an inclmed or camli e edge 7 7b on member 77, which causes s ring 81 to move outwardly, thereby withrawmg -iimger81a from staple 44, (see Fig. 7,) releasing said staple, whereupon as driver 66a continues to advance it en ages the staple and ushes it through gui eway 71 into a board). (See Figs. 2 and 3.) As a support for the sta les in their horizontal position (indicated inIFig. 11) the member 77 is provided with a guide 82, (shown more fully in Fig. 18,) which has a relatively wide portion v82a rovidedwitha groove 82b to receive the ower leg of a staple, which uide alines with slide 80 to limit lts outwar \movement, the part 82a being at such a distance from the corresponding edge of member 77 as to rovide a space for staple 44, as indicated) in Fig. 11. The guide 82 also has a relativel narrow portion 82, providing a space through which the driver 66a ma pass. (See Fig. 11.) For convenience o manufacture the ide 82 is made separate from member 77 and 1s connected thereto by a pivot 83, whereby said guide partakes of the oscillatory movements of member 77. The guide 82 travels along track or way 84, secured on arm 1 the IOO IIO

ISO

r 12 a staple 44 will be upon finger 81a and that when said member is moved downwardlyT said finger will push said sta le from the end of extension 42a and mem er 77 then passingA over the deliver edge of extension 42, and said staple will be held by said finger in the space between 77 and 82, and when the member 7 7 reaches the position shown in Figs. 4 and 11 driver 66a will advance, raise slide 80, release finger 81HL from the staple, and push the staple into and through guideway 71 and member 77 will be moved back to its staplereceiving position. Such oscillation of member 77 occurs each time sllde 64 1s reciprocated back and forth.

The moans I have Vshown fo".` oscillating:l

member 77 are as follows: To shaft 78 is attached a crank 86, connected by a link 87 with an arm or crank 88, secured on a rockshaft 89, ournaled in arm le, (see Fig.`22,) and to said shaft is secured a crank or arm 90,10- cated between arm .le and block or slide 64. A sp; ing 91, connected with crank 88 andarm 1e, tends to hold said cranks, link, and merr.- ber 77 in the staple-receiving position. (Indicated in Fig. 10.) An abutment 92 on arm 1e liniits the movement of the parts by s ring 91, and said abutnlent is preferably ma e adjustable, whereby to regulate the position of finger 81a with respect to the delivery end of track or extension 42a. Said adjustable abutment is shown in the form of a screw carried by a lug 93 on `arm 1e. (See Fig. 22.) Member 77 by the devices above described is rocked f,om.the staple-receiving position in Fig. 10 to the staple-deliveryposition in Fig. 11 by means of the block or slide 64 as it advances to drive a staple through guideway 71.` To this end I have piovided crank 90 with a pin o: lug 90a, ada ted to be engaged by a dog or latch 94, can ie by slide 64. (See Fig. 24.) The face of the slide 64 is recessed on the side toward pin or lug 90a, in which the latch or dog 94 is pivoted, as at 94a, and at 95 is a bar or track in said recess and alined with dog 94, whereby ways or guide, grooves 96 97, above and below parts 94 95, are provided, in which pin or lug 90EL travels. Dog or latch 94 has its vertical movement limited by a screw 98, attached thereto and passing through a slot 99 in slide 64. The forward end 94b of dog 90 is beveled or inclined to ride under lug 90", and the rear end of ba'r 95 is preferably beveled at 95a. Thus when the parts are in the sta le-receiving po" sitions shown in Fig. 10 and s ide 64 advances the dog 94 will slide under lug 90a and raise the same, thereby rocking crank 90 and through the connected parts turning member' 77 to the position shown in Fig. 11, and lug 90a will thereupon ride through guide 96, and the ari angements are such that just after the staple-driving member 66EL passes beyond member 77 lug 90a Will drop off the end 958L of bar 95 and thereupon sp; ing 91, actin upon crank 88, will, through the connecte pa'. ts, cause member 77 to quickly rise back to the stapleereceiving position, while driver 66a continues to advance to drive the staple. Upon 'the retun stroke of slide 64lug 90a will slide in groove 97, passing under dog 94 and lifting the same, said lug passing beyond the forward end of said dog when slide 64 reaches its rearmost position, as indicated in Fig. 10. The result of this arrangement is that each time slide 64 is reciprocated the member 77 will be oscillated back and forth to carry a staple from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position in line with guideway 71 and driver 66a The advantages of the arrangement descr ibed are that the staples vcan slide in a substantially vertical position, hanging by their loop ends, and can then be readily picked from the track andtransferred to a substantially horizontal position for being driven.

The complete operation of the mechanism above set forth may be described as follows: The parts being in the normal or inactive positions shown 1n Figs. 2 and 3 and staples placed upon tracks 41 42, boards or box partsv are placed upon table 2, so that their edges overlap, as indicated in Figs. 2a and 2b, and

then treadle 26 is operated, whereby the clutch connects gear 18 with shaft 16, and thereupon the table rises and jams the board against the abutment A A2, and crank 38 causes the shaft 35 to rockin the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3.V Thereu on driver 48- tween the end of track 41 and arm or lever a through guideway 45 and into carrier 47, (block 64 simultaneously moving to the right in Fig. 3 and block 49 during vils descent causes wheel 63 to lrock to push carrier 47 against a board ,and while said carrier is in such position the vertical staple is driven through the same into the board, but only to such eX- tent as to leave its loop end projecting from the board and alined with guideway 71. During such time member 77 will be in the position shown in Fig. 10, and a staple will be upon the finger 81. Shaft 35 is next rocked reversely whereupon driver 48 ascends and slide 64 advances, and as soon as dog 94 engages lug 90EL crank 90 will be raised and through the connected parts the member 77 will be swung down, carrying a staple to the staple-delivery position, all as indicated in Fig. 1 1l Slide 64 IOO iro

continues to advance, causing driver 66a to raise slide 80, release the finger 81 from the staple, and push the staple into guideway 71. When driver 66@ is free from member 77 and its guide 82, the cam 69 of block 64 will operatenocker 74 and move wheel 63 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 11, thereby ush- .fing block or carrier 72 against a boar and laisin carrier 47, and at about such time lug Io 90'* w1 l slip off the end of bar 95 and member 77 will rise to the sta le-receiving position, slide 8O being ushed y stop 80, as' before stated, and t e continued movement of driver 66a will drive the staple from guideway 71 through the loop of the previouslydriven sta le such vtwo staples thereby being interlockeg in the form of a hinge, each staple being `driven into a different board. E Shaft 35 now comes to rest, and if another hinge is to be applied the boards are adjusted the desired dlstance, treadle 26 is again operated and released, and two staples are again driven in 'manner' above described. As driver 48 descends block 48a passes from eX- tension 58 of lever- 55,-and the spring 57 cause`s spring 56 on arm 55 to slide to the left in Fig. 3, and as said block 48a next rises its part 60 lifts extension 58, and thereby rocks lever 55, causing spring 56 to push staples toward the delivery end of track 41. This occurs each time the driver 48 is reciprocated, whereby staples are kept at the delivery end., of the track. As the staples hang between the delivery end of the track and arm a, the end- 3 5 most staple only is held in position beneath driver 48, and as the latter descends lever a will be swung away to permit the block 488L to ass and will return to the position shown in ig. 3 as the driver rises.`

4o My invention is not limited to the details of construction shown and described, as they may be altered and the various arrangements modified without departing from the spirit thereof.

' I claim isj 1. The combination of a staple-delivering l track, 'a driver to drive staples therefrom, an arm arranged to push staples along the track,

5o a spring to move the arm in one direction, a

stop to limit such movement of the arm, said arm having an extension, and means' connected with the driver for operating said eX- tension, substantially as described.

5 5 2. The combination of a head or sup ort, with staple-carriers arranged at an ang e -to each other, and means for guiding the same on said support to travel toward a common point, with drivers to drive staples from said 6o carriers, `an oscillatory member havin arms A certain of which res ectively movab yengage said carriers, sai drivers being provided with means for oscillating said member by and during the movement of said drivers,

6 5 substantially as described.

Having now described my invention, what "point, with drivers to drive staples from said scribed.

f 3. The combination of a head or sup ort, with staple-carriers arranged at an ang e to each other, vand means for guiding the same on said support to travel toward a common 7o carriers, an oscillatory'member having arms respectively movably engagingsaid carriers, means operated with one driver for rocking said member in onedirection, a rocker to move said member in the reverse direction, and means operated with the other driver for actuating said rocker, substantially as described.

, 4. The combination of almovable staplecarrier and means for guiding the same, with a driver, an oscillatory member movably connected with said carrier, said member having an arm or extension, and a block operative with the driver and provided with an inclined face to act on said arm to rock said member, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a movable staplecarrier and means for guiding the same, with a driver, an oscillatory member movably connected with said carrier, said member having an arm or extension, and a block operative with the driver and provided with a groove and an inclined face arranged to act on said arm or extension and to receive the same to rock said .member to move the carrier'ltoward the staple-impressing oint and lock it in such position, substantia ly as de- IOO IIO

trackand a staple-receiving guideway, with a movable member provided with a staplereceiving finger adapted to 'pick staples off the end of said track and transfer them to a position in line with said guideway, means to support said member so it may move transverselyto the plane of said track, a guideway and driver located at an angle to the firstnamed guideway, whereby interlocked staples maybe driven, and means to operate said movable member, substantially as described. l

l 8. The combination of a staple-delivering track and a staple-receivingguideway located at a distance from said track, withV an oscillatory member provided with a staple-receiving finger adapted to pickstaples ofi the end of said track and' transfer them to a positionto enter said guideway, means for releasing staples from saidnger, means to sup- 1 3o port said member so it ma move transversely to the plane of said trae a driver to drive staples from said guideway, and means to operatesaid movable member coincid ently with the o eration of said driver, substantially as descri ied.

9. The combination of a staple-delivering track and a staple-receiving guideway located at an angle to the plane of travel of staples alo'ng said track, with an oscillatory member provided with means for picking sta les from said track and presenting them in ine with said guideway, a staple-driver alined with said guideway to push staples therethrough, and means for operating said member coineidently with the o eration of said driver, substantially as described.

. 10. The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a' staple-guideway, with a movable member provided with a movable finger adapted to enter sta les and move them from the end of said trae to alinement with said guideway, and means for releasing staples from said finger to permit them to travel through said guideway, substantially as described.

11. The combination of a sta le-delivering track, and a stapleuideway ocated at an angle to the plane o? travel of staples along said guideway, with a movable member provided With a movable finger adapted to move staples from the end of said track to alinement with said guideway, means for releasing staples from said finger to permit them to travel through said guideway, and a driver to travel through said guideway, substan-V tially as described.

12.' The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a guideway, with a movable member adapted to travel across the end of said track and provided with a finger to enter the endmost staple on the track and ush the same sidewise from the track into a inement with'said guideway, a slide guided by said member and carrying said finger, means for moving said slide transversely of the plane of the staple to cause the fin er to release the staple, and a driver to pus staples through said guideway, substantially as described.

13. The combination of a track, and a guideway, with an oscillatory member pro- A vided with a slide, a s ring-acting finger carriedby said slide to a ine with the end of the track, the oscillatory member having a cam or inclined surface arranged to release the finger from a staple When the slide is moved in- Wardlv, and a driver arranged to push staples through said guideway and to operate said slide, substantially as described.

14. The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a guideway, with an oscillatory member, a slide carried thereby and provided 4with a finger adapted to enter a sta le on said track, means for moving said sli e forwardly to bring the finger in line with said track, means to move the slide backwardly to release the linger from a staple,- and means to drive staples through said guideway, substantially as described.

15. The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a guideway, with an oscillatory member, a slide carried thereby, a linger carried by said slide to aline with said track to engage a staple thereon, a stop to engage said slide and push the finger in line with said track when the member is in the staple-receiving position, whereby when said member is turned the sta )le will be carried by the finger into line rwith the guideway, and means for pushing said slide back to release the finger from the staple, substantially as described.

16. The combination of astaple-delivering track, and a guideway located at an angle thereto, with an oscillatory member provided with a finger to engage staples at the end of the track, means to support said member so it may move transversely to the plane of said track, a guide concentric to the axis of said member to resist the outward movement el staples, means for driving said staples through said guideway and for releasing them from said finger, a driver to drive staples from said guideway, and means to eperate said movable member coineidently with the operation of said driver, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a guideway, with a movable member provided with a finger to engage and push staples from the end of said track, a guide carried by said member adjacent to said finger providing a space between the member and the guide to receive staples, means for releasing staples from said finger, and means for driving staples through said guideway, a driver to drive staples from said guideway, and means to operate said movable member coincidently with the operation of said driver, substantially as described.

18. The combination of a staple-delivering track and a uideway, with a movable member provided with a finger to engage and push staples from the end of said track, a guide movably connected with said member and located adjacent to said finger providing a space between the guide and member to receive staples, a way or track for said guide, and means for releasing the finger from the staples and for driving staples through said guideway, substantially as described.

19. The combination of a staple-delivering track, and a guideway, with1an oscillatory member provided with -a finger adapted to pick staples from the end of the trac-k, a guide pivotally connected with said member and provided With a relatively. wide part located at a distance from said member to receive staples in the space therebetween, said guide having a relatively narrow portion,

IOO

ITO

and a driver adapted to pass across the narrow portion of said guide to push staples through said guideway, means for releasing said finger from staples, and a track or way for said guide, substantially as described.

20. In a staple-picking device a pivoted plate provided with a transverse guide, a slide carried in said guide, a spring carried by said slide and provided with a finger extending transversely thereto, and means for causing the finger to move laterally when the slide moves longitudinally, substantially as described.

21. The combination of a track and a guideway located at an angle thereto, with an oscillatory member extending transversely of the delivery end of said track and provided with means for picking staples from said track and carrying them into line with the guideway, a driver alined with said guideway, means for reciprocating said driver, a crank connected with said member, and means connectedwith said crank and operated during the forward movement of the driver for moving a staple in line with the guideway in position to be pushed therethrough by the driver during its continued forward movement, substantially as described.

22. The combination of a track and a guideway located at an angle thereto, with an oscillatory member provided with means for picking sta les from said track and carrymg them into line with the guideway, a driver alined with said guideway, means for reciprocating said driver, a reciprocative slide carrying said driver,a crank connected with said member, a rock-arm connected with said crank, and .means connected with said slide for rocking said arm when the slide moves in one direction for causing said memberl to transfer a staple from the track to alinement with the guideway, substantially as described.

28. The combination of a track and a guideway located at an angle thereto, with an oscillatory member provided with means for picking staples from said track and carrying them into line with the guideway, a crank connected with said member, a driver alined with said guideway, means for reciprocating said driver, a rock-arm connected with saidl crank, a slide connected with said driver and provided with two guideways, said arm having a lug to enter said guideways, anda dog pivoted between said guideways adapted to engage said lug to rock said arm when moving inone direction and to permit the lug to travel thereunder when moving in the opposite direction for oscillating said member, substantially as described.

' 24. The combination of a track and a guideway located at an angle thereto, with an oscillatory member provided with means for pickiivr staples from said track and carryinv them into line with the guideway, a cran connected with said member, a driver alined with said guidewa a slide connected with said driver, means or reciprocating said slide, a rock-arm connected with said crank, a slide connected with said driver, a spring to actuate said arm, said slide having a dog to engage a lug on said arm to operate the arm against the tension of sgid spring, said dog being adapted to travel over said lug when moving in a reverse direction, substantially as described.

25. ,The combination of a head provided with staple-receiving guidewa s located at an angle to each other, a track eading to one .guideway to deliver staples thereto, a driver to drive staples from said track, another track located at an angle to the plane of the other guideway, and means for transferring staples from said track to a position inline with said guideway, substantially as dcscribed.

26. The combination of a head provided with staple-receiving guidewa s locatedy at an angle to each other, a track eading to one guideway to deliver staples thereto, a driver to drive staples from said track, another track located at an angle to the plane of the other guidewa a movable member adapted to move in a p ane transverse to the plane of said track and provided with means to transfer staples from said track to a position in line with said guideway, means to operate said movable member to cause it to place staples from said track in line with said guideway, and a driver to drive staples through said guideway, substantially as described.

27. The combination of a head provided with staple-receiving, guidewa s located at an angle to each other, a track ieading -to one guideway to deliver staples thereto, a driver to drive staples from said track through said IOO guidewa another track located at an angle to the p ane of the other guideway, a movable member provided with a staple-receiving finger adapted to pick staples. off the end of said track, means to operate said movable member to cause the finger to turn the staples from the plane of the track to the plane of the guideway and in line therewith, and a driver to drive staples from said movable member through said guideway, substantially as described'.

WILLIAM MCMURRAY. Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, H. B. BRADBURY.

IIC 

